About this title: Bartolome de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus' voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community. He wrote "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" in 1542, a shocking catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. Dedicated to Philip II to alert the Castilian Crown to ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1992-11-01
ISBN-13:9780140445626ISBN:0140445625
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1999
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1999
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1999-09-08
ISBN-13:9780140445626ISBN:0140445625
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1999-09-08
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140445626ISBN:0140445625
Description: Fine. 0140445625. 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 Inches; 192 pages; Translated by Nigel Griffin with an Introduction y Anthony Pagden. An account, first published in 1552, of the inhumane treatment of the Indians by the Spanish. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140445626ISBN:0140445625
Description: In 1542, after years of witnessing Indian suffering and slavery, Bartolome de Las Casas wrote this indictment against European exploitation and mistreatment of the native peoples of the New World. The document was dedicated to Prince Philip of Spain... read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140445626ISBN:0140445625
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140445626ISBN:0140445625
Description: New. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. read more
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"This book stands as an incredible look into historical views of indigenous identity in the Americas. The clergyman is represented not so much as a hero, but as an embassador between the indigenous communities and the Spanish. In a time without court systems, he attempted to bargain for the just treatment of these people."
"Anyone who praises Las Casas as a hero has reached into history with an incomplete understanding of his plan to "save" the Native Americans: He believed that the solution was to bring slaves from Africa to work in place of the Native Americans, while they converted to Christianity. Is it so hard to believe that someone from 16th century Spain would have an idea like this?"
"Las Casas is one of my heros. He fought against the atrocities of the oppressive regime of the Iberian empire upon the indigenous peoples in Latin America. Since many who were in power portrayed their civilizing efforts in a positive light, Las Casas goes against this by telling the real story of subjugation of the native population."
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